Media censorship and cover up

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....committed by establshment figures in order to protect the establishment, or the crimes of politcally sensitive groups like North African or Middle Eastern migrants so as to not upset 'community cohesion' ??

Or do you think the media has a responsibility to society to always be honest and open with the pubic regardless if the stories cause outrage or upset?

when police and officials is not doing their jobs, who do we put our trust on, the 4th state power the press and journalist.

^    I copied and pasted that from the original post

TeleStrat wrote: ^    I copied and pasted that from the original post

It won't let me edit it either!

Sorry but we're stuck with pubic..

The PUBLIC will be outraged..

That's taking a genital approach...uh, gentle approach.

TeleStrat wrote:  "...the media has a responsibility to society to always be honest and open with the pubic regardless if the stories cause outrage or upset."

damn right.. I mean if one can not trust the cut throat world of big media journalism to get it out first regardless of how or what it upsets or outrages..who can one trust to be so open and honest.  The day the media starts being responsible is the day someone has forced them to be, and that means the government is dictating what and when they can report it.  hah.

TeleStrat wrote: I would like to see the news reported in a straight forward middle of the road manner but that will never happen. The mainstream media leans so far to the left that they need to be propped up to keep from falling over.

I tend to agree, although I would argue it's not just left leaning media that's the problem. All media leans one way or another, while all claiming to be impartial. The BBC has an unambiguous liberal bias and is gushingly pro-monarchy, while claiming to be unbiased and neutral. Fox claims to be unbiased but is obviously right wing and pro-republican. MSNBC are complete Obamanoids.

I think the point is this, we all choose a news source that fits our own political compass, because we like to hear our own views fed back to us by journalists in print, because we think that validates our beliefs. If news was just a dispassionate listing of events with no "angle" no one would pay any attention to it. IMO.

^^ I stopped watching the network news (CBS, NBC, ABC) a long time ago. Rather than reporting the news they report their opinions of the news.

Edited by TeleStrat - January 18 2016 at 08:27

Blacksword wrote: TeleStrat wrote: I would like to see the news reported in a straight forward middle of the road manner but that will never happen. The mainstream media leans so far to the left that they need to be propped up to keep from falling over. I tend to agree, although I would argue it's not just left leaning media that's the problem. All media leans one way or another, while all claiming to be impartial. The BBC has an unambiguous liberal bias and is gushingly pro-monarchy, while claiming to be unbiased and neutral. Fox claims to be unbiased but is obviously right wing and pro-republican. MSNBC are complete Obamanoids. I think the point is this, we all choose a news source that fits our own political compass, because we like to hear our own views fed back to us by journalists in print, because we think that validates our beliefs. If news was just a dispassionate listing of events with no "angle" no one would pay any attention to it. IMO.

The traditional political compass everyone (in this country, at least) is taught is a lie. Right wing and left wing are both authoritarian at their core and share a common desire to shove their particular twisted morals down everyone's throats via government force.  The politicians, and those who control them, invented the lie, the schools pound it into everyone heads, and the media makes sure people are angry-at/frightened-of trivial nonsense while the real problems go unreported.   There's more to say, but frankly, I get tired as sh*t of explaining how things actually are.  Let's just say political parties work like NFL teams.  They divide people along trivial lines and the more passion there is surrounding these divisions the stronger the shield (central govt) grows. 
   
Anyway, more Snowdens and Assanges are sorely needed.